Taskmaster's series 10 lineup – its first on Channel 4, has officially been confirmed.
This autumn, you'll be able to see Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring competing in a variety of outlandish tasks for the approval of hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne.
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Alex recently teased the new lineup, saying that they're "all good" and he hoped viewers "will be pleased" with the series 10 contestants.
He also confirmed that sadly, there won't be a studio audience this time around, adding that this will mean a "completely different" feel.
Taskmaster confirmed that it would be moving from its original UKTV home of Dave to Channel 4 last year.
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Last series' winner Ed Gamble previously weighed in on the change of broadcaster, and explained that it was a "great" opportunity for the fan-favourite comedy.
"Dave did such an amazing job – from commissioning the show to promoting it and letting them have artistic freedom," he wrote.
"But nobody can deny that any opportunity for the show to be seen by more people is anything other than great."
Elsewhere, Taskmaster fans kept busy during the recent lockdown with #hometasking, where Horne set various tasks for families and friends to take on that were ultimately judged on YouTube by the Taskmaster himself, Davies.
New episodes of Taskmaster will be broadcast on Channel 4 and repeated on E4 in autumn 2020. Catch up on all previous episodes of Taskmaster on UKTV Play.
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